Department of Biology
Biology, the study of life, contributes broadly to human welfare in areas such as medicine, biotechnology, agriculture, the environment, and the food industry.
MRU Biology in the News
Dr. Dorothy Hill - Citizen Science Project puts Calgary Biodiversity in Focus - Read the story HERE.
Alexandria Farmer, MSc. - Okotoks Today interview
Alexandria Farmer, Biology Senior Lab Instructor and Alberta Native Bee Council founding member, was featured in a story about Pollinator Week taking place June 21-27, 2021. Read the story in its entirety HERE.
Dr. Trevor Day, Ph.D., of the Department of Biology, has been awarded the 2021 Mentor Award from the Health Sciences Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research. The nomination for this award was co-ordinated by previous MRU students, who provided letters of support, with input provided from current students and Dr. Sarah Hewitt, Ph.D., acting chair of biology.
Physiology researcher Trevor Day named to RSC’s College of New Scholars - LINK
Dr. Jonathan Mee - Global News Interview
Johnson Lake drained in effort to elimate parasite
Dr. Tonya Mousseau - CTV Interview
Catch them while you can: Butterfly Boom in Calgary!
Dr. Tonya Mousseau - CBC News
Dr. Tonya Mousseau contributed to a CBC article where she discussed the role of insect populations decline as a contributed factor to bird declines. Read the article in it's entirety Here.
Research by Biology Professor, Dr. Jonathan Mee, was featured in a recent New York Times article about the potential loss of US Federal protections for marine national monuments.
Biology in the Community
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - April 12, 2021
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - April 6, 2021
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - March 15, 2021
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - February 24, 2021
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - February 15, 2021
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - January 25, 2021
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - January 18, 2021
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - December 8, 2020
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - December 2, 2020
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - November 24, 2020
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - November 9, 2020
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - November 2, 2020
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - October 26, 2020
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - October 13, 2020
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - October 6, 2020
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - September 28, 2020
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - September 22, 2020
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - September 14, 2020
BIOBEAT NEWSLETTER - September 9, 2020
BIOBEAT NEWLSETTER - September 4, 2020